S. Orangetown superintendent's report: N.Y. reforms gut schools

12:48 AM,
Oct. 26, 2012

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A Rockland County schools superintendent has written a report harshly critical of the state's high-profile education reforms, saying they are a "grand and costly experiment" that needs to be evaluated before school districts commit more time and money.

South Orangetown Superintendent Kenneth Mitchell maintains the state needs to change course from pushing its controversial teacher-evaluation system and the new Common Core learning standards - initiatives that he said are too expensive and too focused on standardized tests.